Cruise Ship Tycoon

THE BAD:
- Lack of a detailed tutorial

SUMMARY:
Cruise Ship Tycoon - the title pretty much says it all.
In this game, you must set up your own cruise ship! This involves picking a ship, filling it with rooms, attractions, restaurants and the like, and booking guests on to the ship.

One really nice aspect of the game is the variety of characters that will board the ship.
There are fat guests, thin guests, elderly guests, even kids. There are dozens of different people!
There's also a great variety of buildings to add. There are over a dozen restaurants and bars, which range from fast-food outlets to sushi stalls. Where in other tycoon games, guests would simply walk to the entrance of food places and then walk away, in Cruise Ship Tycoon, you can watch the guests walk in to the restaurant or bar, order the food at the front and then take a seat at one of the tables. Guests will interact with one another.
Other buildings include arcades, basket ball courts, kids play areas and even climbing walls which look great on top deck. Watching people attempt to climb the wall can be quite good fun.

Of course, there will be 'disasters' out at sea. Icebergs, rocks and even sea monsters are all ready to 'rock the boat' and cause your ship to sink. You may come across storms, which if nothing else are certainly eye-candy for the player.

There's a sandbox (instant action) mode, a challenge mode with 10 varied missions, and a career mode too.
Unfortunately, the game comes with no tutorial other than a short electronic manual which is just an "introduction". However, I found the game quite easy to pick up.

Over all, this is a very detailed tycoon game definitely worth a purchase.
For more information, visit www.cruiseshiptycoon.com